dont move melvin. come on back in here. melvin, if you wanna go, go. stay melvin. go melvin. no melvin. listen, you guys figure it out, and ill see you later. laughter good times: love has trucked into my life and we are doing a lot of double clutchin! laughter well if you dont stop changing trucks so much, youre gonna strip your gears. aw ma, clarissa is the real thing, she has a figure that makes the number eight look like the number one, and a smile that lights up the night, and it all belongs to kid dyn-o-mite! oh junior, you go through this routine every time you meet a new girl. yeah, you always think you found something better then you run right back to henrietta, youre not to bright kid dyn-o-mite. you all dont understand, clarissa is different, shes class with a capital c, like in cadillac, which she happens to drive. hey junior, she drives her own hog? what kind of girl you got here anyhow? a loaded one, she lives on the south shore. south shore? thats where all the rich blacks lives, they so fancy, they eat their fried chicken, broiled. laughter j.j., how did you h

a's fans see the score and then give bob melvin and the team a standing ovation.linch with six games left to play. the nut kc meant nothing. our carlos deroach partying with the a's. >> join us today and then get back to work and get ready to go. baby. >> they need to do this 100 times, never get old. >> a great feeling to have. >> when you win the first 25, and we really telling everybody it's not just a one-person show, and we really believe that we have the guys here that can win. >> the overriding feeling when we got to spring training, we would be here again, and if you believe it with that kind of conviction, most times you end up getting where we are right now. >> melvin wasn't wrong. giants and yankees. final home game for mariano rivera. presented with a willie mays signed guitar and paintings. yankee fans saying goodbye to the 43-year-old. and giants shortstop, a day to remember as well, first major league home run off andy pettite, playing the final game of his career. rivera got in the game, struck out adrian ya in the eighth. the giants get the win. >

. >> pelley: there's magic in melvin pickens' bristles, sweeping up the heart of little rock. >> you just can hardly turn him down. just can captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. ning sponsored b >> pelley: good evening. the week is ending the way it began-- with a mass shooting. this time the scene was chicago. the police say suspected gang members opened fire at a park late last night with a semiautomatic rifle. here, a neighbor, alejandro quebada took cover. when the shooting was over, 13 people were wounded, including a three-year-old boy. fortunately, amazingly, no one died. the police are searching for the gunmen. and this was just one of a number of shootings overnight in chicago which has been fighting an epidemic of gun violence. in all, the "chicago tribune" reports 23 people were shot last night, three of them died. dean reynolds is in chicago. >> reporter: neighbors had gathered in a city park to watch a late-night basketball game when gunfire sent them running for their lives. >> reporter: police said it was >> reporter: police sai

a's fans see the score and then give bob melvin and the team a standing ovation.hey clinch with six games left to play. the nut kc meant nothing. our carlos deroach partying with the a's. >> join us today and then get back to work and get ready to go. baby. >> they need to do this 100 times, never get old. >> a great feeling to have. >> when you win the first 25, and we really telling everybody it's not just a one-person show, and we really believe that we have the guys here that can win. >> the overriding feeling when we got to spring training, we would be here again, and if you believe it with that kind of conviction, most times you end up getting where we are right now. >> melvin wasn't wrong. giants and yankees. final home game for mariano rivera. presented with a willie mays signed guitar and paintings. yankee fans saying goodbye to the 43-year-old. and giants shortstop, a day to remember as well, first major league home run off andy pettite, playing the final game of his career. rivera got in the game, struck out adrian ya in the eighth. the giants get the w

chuck todd, pete williams and craig melvin live at the washington navy yard.ets talk first, pete, about what do we know. what is the latest how he got the weapons, how he got in, and what he did once he got there. >> the latest in how he got in. it appears he drove a rental car. he had come to the washington area within theas couple of weeks, was staying in a hotel right near the washington navy yard, which is near the washington baseball park. there was a hotel near there he was staying. he drove onto the naval base. had a pass to get into the base, then a pass to get into the building. inside the building then he appears with a shotgun. so apparently was hidden on his person when he walked in. it was not obvious he was carrying it. that's when he began firing. it appears he took weapons, then, from law enforcement officers he wounded. now yesterday we were told by many law enforcement people that he had three weapons at the end of the shooting that were found and recovered. the shotgun, which he bought last week in virginia at a gun store in lorton, virginia

nbc's craig melvin is live outside the gates. craig, good morning.: chris -- they told only essential personnel to report here to the navy yard and so far this morning it appears as if that's precisely what's happening. we have not seen a great deal of traffic. i'll step out of the way so you can see the gate here. periodically you'll see a car -- you'll see a vehicle come up to the gate and one of the six or so uniformed officers either waves that vehicle in or the vehicle will back out and then leave. but again, we haven't seen a lot of vehicles go through this morning. there's also some construction, you can see, going on here at the navy yard as well. all of the roads here in southeast d.c. are open again. we expect to see a great deal of traffic here in the next few hours. that's because the washington nationals are going to be playing a 1:00 baseball game, a makeup game from yesterday. a doubleheader in fact. if you look in the distance here, chris, that five-story building in the background here that has the two stacks that appear to be juttin

. >> i enjoy the people. >> reporter: with the help of a caretaker friend, melvin goes to businesseserock, arkansas asking owners and customers to buy one of his brooms. >> could you use a broom? >> i'm sure we could. >> reporter: $10 brooms. how many years have you been doing this? >> 20 or 25 years. ime just estimating. >> reporter: you estimate way off. i hear you've been doing this 63 years? >> i've been doing it so long. >> reporter: according to family, melvin started selling brooms around 1950. works six days a week to support his wife and four children. his wife since died and the kids are grown, but that work ethic just will not go away. >> thank you. >> reporter: some say he's the best salesman they've ever seen. >> he has a special magic. and then his persistence. with 10 or 15 of these on his shoulder, you can hardly turn him down. >> not that people don't try to say no. >> i've already got one. >> you whan? you know what you ought to do is buy today, and then have it next week. >> sale closed. >> i don't think you can approach him sxnt buy one. >> she got one, he got one

now with a look at what's happening on military bases, here's my colleague, craig melvin at ft., new jersey. >> reporter: john, thank you here at the joint base, southern new jersey, commanders are preparing for what they are calling an orderly shutdown. unfortunately they have gotten a bit used to it here. that's because the 6700 or so civilian workers who stream through the gates behind me every day, they just a few months ago were part of that sequester shutdown, if you will, so they were furloughed for six days. we talked to some folks at a nearby diner who say they are fed up. >> there are middle class workers and people that need their paychecks, so they need to figure this out. there's no excuse for shutdown, none. separate your differences and just get the job done. >> reporter: that's the latest from here in southern new jersey. mara, back to you. >> craig melvin, thanks so much, also alex witt and john yang in illinois. >>> well, shutdown showdown. does delaying obama care effectively kill it? money talks. will constituents on both sides of the aisle speak up through f

melvin getting congrats for his 2nd straight division title. but there was still a game to play >> listen to the reaction! bottom of the 4th. shortstop jed lowrie. goes deep for his 14th home run. 8-4 a's then. with 2 outs in the 9th and the a's up 11-7. evan scriber strikes out josnil pinto to close it out. the a's repeat as a-l west champions. it is their 16th division title and 25th postseason. the team with the 4th lowest opening day payroll in the majors has done it again lets go to the clubhouse. time for some champagne. the 49ers back at home >> if this special. i feel law just lucky to be worked i am at. and they it done so much for us this is just my rookie year. just to be able to savor these moments and these victories. we feel good about where we are. >> great. >> the 49ers are back at home the crushing loss to the seahawks. taking on andrew luck and the indianapolis colts.luck versus harbaugh. so exciting that jerry rice had to see it. back at candlestick in a suit and tie. but it was andrew luck sprinting the field to the delight

joining me now msnbc's craig melvin and nbc terrorism terror analyst, roger kresse., i want to start with you and set the saep of what you've set this morning. does it feel like you're still at a crime scene? >> reporter: you know what, i'll tell you what it feels like, chuck, yes, a crime scene would be a great way to describe it. it's also very quiet here because essential personnel are the only folks allowed to walk in behind me. i'm going to step out of the way so you can see the front gate. every few minutes or so a car will pull up and they get waved in or waved off. the build, and i think you can make it out from the shot, you can see that five-story building and it looks like you've got the stacks emerging from it, that is -- that is the building where this time yesterday -- that's where it happened around this time yesterday. we've also found out over the past few hours, chuck, that at the front gate here, a lot has been made of precisely how it was that aaron alexis gained access. >> right. >> reporter: he possessed this common access card, the cac card. th

remaining texas has lost tonight and bob melvin play the minnesota twins. bunch of young player and the twins were out in may. the oakland a's have a 2-1 lead. the runs he's driving them in, 3-1. josh willing ham off ryan cooke. cooke had two home runs. a's lose 4-3. the rangers lose to pittsburg so the a's still 2 games up in the american league west with 18 to play. giants and rockies did not want to go home. the game started at 7:10 and just ended moments ago. they call it the foul pole but when it hits it, it's a fair ball. this is the first player since bonds. it was 8-6 colorado bottom of the 8th. it just ended motions ago. romo to ca dier. this was the game winner just moments ago in the 9th. 9-8, vogelsong gave up the lead. giants blow a 6-0 lead. it may have been filmed months ago but will is a commercial between kaepernick and seat's russell wilson. >> big game on sunday. >> yep, you know what we should do. ever who loses shaves an eye brow. >> we take it for granted. we were laughing about it on the radio today but there were some in news who tho

i'm craig melvin. here's what's happening right now. >> we can't ignore chemical weapons attacks like this one. even if they happened halfway around the world. >> convincing the country. president obama is back in d.c. today. he's preparing to take his case straight to the american people. we are live as protesters gather outside the white house right now. >>> also today, a new dawn for labor? the major plan from the aflcio to add millions of nonunion workers. we'll preview the plan ahead of tomorrow's big vote. >>> and cleaning up the city, from a smartphone. the woman trying to improve neighborhoods with just the touch of a button. it's today's "big idea." well get to all those stories in just a moment. >>> but we start with the administration's continued push for military strike in syria. secretary of state john kerry met with leaders of the european union earlier today where once again he argued for more support for military strikes against syria. he spoke just moments ago from paris. >> this is ou

msnbc's craig melvin live mcguire, dix. ft. dix. where are you? >> you're right, andrea.led joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst in new jersey. this government shutdown, abstract to a lot of people, not the folks filing in behind me, 6700 civilian employees who show up every day. i just spoke to the deputy commander a few moments ago. he said if the government shuts down, everyone still has to report tomorrow morning as usual. however, they will determine who is essential, who is not essential. they are working through that right now. those deemed essential to the operation tomorrow they will stay, the rest of the folks will have to go home. just a few months ago, this the place where the majority of the civilian workforce was furloughed several days as a result of those automatic cuts known as sequester. this concept that a lot of folks are talking about, real world implications here in southern new jersey as is the case at military installations all over this country. >> craig melvin, thanks so very much. today eric holder announced department of justice suing south carolin

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i'm mara schiavocampo in for craig melvin. another manufactured crisis courtesy of congress. from shutting down the government to defaulting on the nation's debt. what it means for hundreds of thousands of working americans. >>> new details on the investigation into the navy yard shooting. what was the motivation? we're live in washington. >>> plus, securing a chemical weapons stockpile. it's a challenging effort even here in the u.s. so can we expect quick action in syria? we'll take you to one of the deadliest places on earth right in america's heartland. >>> and is democracy alive again? the u.s. hasn't talked with iran since the hostage crisis in 1979. that could change as soon as next week. we'll talk live with a man who personally negotiated with iran for years. >>> but we begin with developing news out of kenya. an investigation is under way to find out who is responsible for an apparent terrorist attack at a luxury mall in nairobi. at this hour, the kenyan government says as many as 11 people have been killed and at le

along with dylan dreyer and craig melvin. cue! you know what it is?ng that video and i'm thinking i'm really glad of this as well. i would never in a million years do that. >> without the cliff? >> no! true! >> he was on such a high afterwards. what did he say? the gnarliest thing i've ever done. >> he did admit it was scary. >> he looked a little shaken too. >> he didn't have a lot of time to pull the chute. he was a little low by the time he came out of that chute. we will talk more about that and show you more of that coming up. >>> first to the headline in washington. three days left for lawmakers to come to an agreement to avoid a government shutdown. luke russert is live on capitol hill with where they stand now. big meeting there today, right, luke? >> reporter: good morning, lester. a few hours, the house gop conference will meet in a rare weekend session called by speaker boehner to try and figure out some way forward in order to fund the government. >> reporter: countdown to shut down. a warning from president obama to the house. >> my messa

i'm craig melvin. president spent his last day at the summit engaging with other world leaders and, once again, making his case for a strike on syria. failing to respond to this breach of this international norm would send a signal to rogue nations, authoritarian they can use weapons of mass destruction and not pay a consequence. >> the president' new comments coming as security threats provert the state department to issue warnings in lebanon and turkey. the same that i "the new york times" is reporting that president obama has directed the pentagon to

i'm craig melvin. we start in washington where the white house is working hard to convince congress and the american public, white house chief of staff, the white house chief of staff, denis mcdone now, and charlie rose. a defiant syrian president denied garsing his people and also dared the obama administration to prove their allegations. >> the most important thing is, he basically says there has been no evidence that i used chemical weapons in -- against my own people, and that there is no evidence of that. and if in fact the administration has evidence, then they should show that evidence. >> nbc's peter alexander is at the white house for us. pete, what has been the white house's reaction to that assad interview? >> craig, shortly after we learned the details of that interview with bashar al assad, we did get a statement from the white house here, bernadette mayhan, a spokesperson telling me the following. it doesn't surprise us that someone who would kill thousands of his own people including hun

thank you very much, craig melvin from ground zero.tchell reports" tomorrow i'll join you from geneva where we'll follow the meetings with the russian foreign minister lavrov. tamron is next. >> the latest on syria after word that russia has given the obama commission a plan. but is it something the u.s. can accept? we'll get reaction from the foreign affairs committee and senator tammy baldwin who came out against the strike hours after meeting with the president on capitol hill. where does she stand now. >>> total recall, a big upset for democrats in the first ever recall election. it's a sign that bigger problems could be ahead for the national party when considering colorado. plus, armed accessories. get this, bullet proof school supplies, now the latest sad trend in back to school gear. does it promote a false sense of security. this one is our gut check. s sit down with you and ask. being active. and being with this guy. [ male announcer ] getting to know you is how we help you choose the humana medicare plan that works best for

msnbc's craig melvin on the scene in washington, d.c. feel free to come back and update us as any information comes your way. thank you so much though. now, let me bring in eugene o'donnell, professor of law and police study at john j. college. and former fbi profiler clint van zandt. the investigation is now being turned over to the fbi. what are agents focused on right now? >> well, you can be sure law enforcement, the d.c. police, and federal agents at this point have their "a" team on the field. really it's following the trail and seeing how far the trail goes. usually work place violence, grudges like this tend to be alone people. really most importantly trying to exclude any potential there's something more to this than what meets the eye. what meets the eye at this point is this guy has a grudge and goes there to shoot folks. but you can't take anything for granted -- >> we are about to go live to the press conference. excuse me, eugene. vincent grey is about to speak. >> it's been a long and tragic day in the district of columbia

and craig melvin. >> we've enjoyed having you here.ing up in the next hour, breaking news right now, senate leaders are holding a news conference and talking about the bill they just passed to keep the government running through mid-november. we'll bring that to you. that bill though has to go back to the house and with three days before the deadline it remains unclear exactly what speaker boehner and house republicans will do. also coming up, new information on the florida mother, the florida mother who's getting a new trial after being sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot at the husband she says was abusive. what her lawyer is saying today. it's called creatures of l.a., some are calling oxygen's new reality show, pastors gone wild, saying religion and reality tv should not mix. we'll talk to two megachurch leaders starring in the show next on "news nation." our commo the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is

a's fans see the score, and in the top of the third in oakland, give bob melvin and the team a standingvation. the 16th division title in a's history. they clinch with 16 games left to play. the a's division champions. never gets old. >> everybody counts us out but we're grinders. we played the right way. >> we were chasing the whole time. this year we all came into spring training and knowing last year wasn't a fluke, and we had that belief. >> giants and yankees, final home game for mariano rivera after 19 years with the club. given a willie mays signed guitar and painting. the fans said goodbye. the shortstop, first major league home run off andy pettite, playing his final game of his career. the giants get the win 2-1. >> vernon davis questionable with a hamstring injury all week,erring on the side of discussion. the did not play against the colts. bad news for an offense trying to find yards. trent richardson, first start for indy. 7-0 colts. he combined with bradshaw for 130 yards rushing. kendall hunter on the late handoff, scampers to the outside. ties the game. that's where the

craig melvin is at ground zero where 12 years later the memories are still fresh. >> reporter: freshre were lots of folks making good on the pledge to never forget. what you're hearing behind me right now is a motorcycle -- >> that's craig melvin at ground zero, we've lost him for a moment. one of the ways we're going to tell the next generation, the 46 million who weren't born when 9/11 happened through documentaries like the 911 fire house that tells the story of firefighters who truly were first responders. their ladder company, 10 house was just feet from tower one. >> on the morning of september 11th, the men at 10 house are changing shifts. the night crews eat breakfast and joke with brothers as they clock out. suddenly, above them, american airlines flight 11 slams into the north tower. cutting through 6 floors and igniting thousands of gallons of jet fuel. for 10 house, the big one has arrived. >> still hard to watch. 9/11 fire house premieres tonight at 8:00 p.m. on discovery. peter dan kona is featured and he moved heaven and earth to respond to ground zero at that day. tel

i'd like to bring in msnbc's craig melvin. he's live at ground zero. you have an update on the 9/11 memorial museum. >> reporter: that's right, chris. we found out just a couple of days ago that museum is going to be opening next spring. again, it's been a situation, as you know, there have been questions about funding, questions over construction. but we know now that it is going to be opening in the spring of 2014. i also want to call your attention to the building behind me. you were talking about one world trade center just a few moments ago. construction on it also wrapping up. that building expected to open in just a few months. 1,776 feet tall, the tallest building in the western hemisphere. once that building is complete, once the museum is open, there are a lot of folks here who say -- a lot of folks here who say that is going to, of course, be the beginning of how they are going to remember 9/11 in the city for years to come. i spent some time this morning talking to the director of the 9/11 museum and asked what visitors can expect once it o

back to you guys. >> thank melvin, thank you very much for that. press conference at the washington hospital center where three victims have been taken has started. let's go there now. >> it is a crime scene. to -- i have made every victim a secretary of the navy designee, so that if they need any additional or specialized care, they can go to walter reed bethes bethesda. i'm absolutely confident they won't need it because of excellent care here, but just in case, we have some specializeded care not available anywhere else that can go as my designee. third is to arrange for counseling, grief counselors available now, and counseling as we go forward to make sure that -- that the trauma associated with this will be dealt with appropriately. and finally, if you have a loved one that was at the navy yard, there are two phone numbers that you can call for navy. 202-433-6151. or 202-433-9713. now, when you call, we will not be able to give you a status report. we'll have to check and call back. we have taken a muster as you do in these situations. but be

retired bishop melvin talbert was the first methodist bishop to publicly endorse same-sex marriage, which is prohibited in the church's book of discipline. >> i felt the time had come for clergy to give leadership to their congregations and it's time for clergy to refuse to convict their colleagues for doing the right thing. >> reporter: one of those colleagues, who is facing a potential church trial for performing a same-sex marriage, is 79-year-old reverend tom ogletree, the retired dean of yale divinity school. the marriage that reverend ogletree performed was that of his own son, thomas. >> i was thrilled that he asked me to play a role because i've known he was gay for a long time and we've been watching him, you know, adjust and adapt to the demands of the culture in creative ways. >> reporter: since 1972, the methodist church's book of discipline has stated that "the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with christian teaching" and the book prohibits methodist ministers from performing same-sex marriages. reverend ogletree knowingly violated the law and says he is proud of doi

for more now, i'm joined by nbc's craig melvin. craig, the chief of police, chief lanier, said that they were still actively seeking one other individual. originally, it was thought that the shooter himself was supported by two others. but they have ruled out one individual. they're still looking in terms of their active investigation for another. what do we know about this other individual? >> well, you know, i'm glad you brought that up, because several hours ago we were told they were looking for two people in their 40s or 50s. one white guy, one black guy, both wearing military outfits. and beret-style caps, as well. we just found out from the police chief there right now they are looking only for a black male, somewhere in his 40s or 50s, who fits that description i just mentioned, around 5'10". we can tell you that the area where we are right now in southeast d.c. in the shadow of nationals park, about two-and-a-half miles from the white house, we can tell you that the lockdown here is being honored. we have not seen a great

the a's had one of those nights that manager bob melvin wishes he could put in a bottle to pour out the magic when he needs. it 18 runs on 22 hits in minnesota. sparky here is saying whoa, all nightlong. the third inning and cocoa crisp. he is turned from speedster to slugger. his 19th of the year. josh donaldson and look out. drilled on the wrist by a fast ball. donaldson would stay in the game, and then he would add to the misery with an r.b.i single. 10 runs on 10 hits in the inning. he caps off the scoring with this titanic blast off ryan presley. a one hopper over the fence and right out of target field. 13-1a's. to the fifth and three more on the board. i am only going to do this once because people are begging. what did the fox say? that was last week's show. never mind. our final show of 18-3 with the win and a texas loss in pittsburgh. oakland takes a three-game lead in the al west with 17 to play. all right, that bombed. matinee at at&t. petite was one out away from a perfect game on friday. this is what happens when you listen to a producer who is asking for stuff. anyway, th

craig melvin in washington, d.c. on the scene. thanks. and to alert our viewers, we'll take any live updates or abbreviation that unfold in washington, d.c. i want to bring in msnbc military analyst, colonel jack jacobs. good to have you with us tonight. you have been to this facility numerous times. >> i used to teach at the national war college at ft. mcnair, just down the street. >> what kind of security is expected at a facility like this? >> not as much as you may expect. but it's -- there is some level of security that you have to get through. for one thing, you can't drive on to the facility unless you have a sticker identifying -- with the registration number of that vehicle registered on post. and you have to have a military or civilian contractor i.d. >> so he may have just -- he may have just had a card and gone through, shown his card, and he's in. so he goes in with an ar-15, double barrel shotgun. i'm curious as to how that was concealed, or was it already on campus? >> well, i'm trying to think of that also. he would have t

melvin feiffer garrison. - hallowed ground. - but the battle at schrute farms was no battle at all. by pacifists from both north and south who turned the pennsylvania farmhouse into an artistic community and a refuge from the war. - you have to understand, poets, artists, dancers, these kinds of men preferred peace to war. these delicate, lovely men found a place of refuge among the schrutes at schrute farm. amidst the macho brutality of war, this was a place where dandies and dreamers could put on plays, sing tender ballads, and dance in the moonlight. i like to think of schrute farm as, uh, the underground railroad for the sensitive and, well, fabulous. - wow. this is so much better than the story you made up. - i've seen enough. - you're right. there should be a monument to this. - never trust a cookie with a woman's name. pecan sandie. lorna doone. madeleine. oh, they'll just break your heart. - kevin, you are-- - robert, i hate to interrupt, but i would love to pitch you one last idea. i call it the big mac idea. - what? no. - big mac idea. it sounds encouraging. - it's really,

craig melvin. craig in new jersey, thanks so much, craig.oined by ed schultz, who, of course, picks up with "the ed show" at 5:00. waiting for the president to speak there in the white house in the briefing room. ed, representative jerry connelly earlier today, democrat, said mass psychosis has taken over the republicans. that's not an inaccurate statement, is it? >> no, it isn't, martin. and this really has been a remarkable day. if you are a progressive or liberal and counting on this president to stand up to the republicans, you've got your hour. i believe the president is going to come out in just a few moments and say that we've gone as far as we're going to go. and this is the way it's going to be. i've been elected twice, the people are behind me. there's no survey out there that says we should move any further on this. we have found out today that harry reid definitely has a spine. that he has drawn his line in the sand. and this has really put john boehner's back up against the wall. he has to pick a side. is it going to be the mino

the a's had one of those nights that manager bob melvin wishes he could put in a bottle to pour out theruns on 22 hits in minnesota. sparky here is saying whoa, all nightlong. the third inning and cocoa crisp. he is turned from speedster to slugger. his 19th of the year. josh donaldson and look out. drilled on the wrist by a fast ball. donaldson would stay in the game, and then he would add to the misery with an r.b.i single. 10 runs on 10 hits in the inning. he caps off the scoring with this titanic blast off ryan presley. a one hopper over the fence and right out of target field. 13-1a's. to the fifth and three more on the board. i am only going to do this once because people are begging. what did the fox say? that was last week's show. never mind. our final show of 18-3 with the win and a texas loss in pittsburgh. oakland takes a three-game lead in the al west with 17 to play. all right, that bombed. matinee at at&t. petite was one out away from a perfect game on friday. this is what happens when you listen to a producer who is asking for stuff. anyway, three-1 rocks in the 6th. the

. >> reporter: bob melvin was asked what he would do if the same thing happened to his closer. he said i would kindly go up to the umpire, explain the situation and ask him to stop the game. at the coliseum, fallon smith, nbc bay area. >> let's move over to football. the 49ers made their final cuts today, getting their roster down to 53 players. among the players cut was wide receiver austin collie. san francisco also parted ways with brian jennings. jennings said in a statement, quote n a very real way i learned to be a man with the 49ers, molded through the preparation of performance of game day, completely tested while on and off the field this game, this team and this group of men made we who i am today. very well spoken. classy move by the veteran. giants and d'backs just got under way in arizona. that game is scoreless. we'll have highlights for you at 6:00. terry and diane, in case i'm not here, it's because i'm locked in the restroom. >> we'll know where to look. henry, i think you forgot one other game going on this evening. >> oh, you mean that cal game? are you conce

the a's had one of those nights that manager bob melvin wishes he could put in a bottle to pour out the22 hits in minnesota. sparky here is saying whoa, all nightlong. the third inning and cocoa crisp. he is turned from speedster to slugger. his 19th of the year. josh donaldson and look out. drilled on the wrist by a fast ball. donaldson would stay in the game, and then he would add to the misery with an r.b.i single. 10 runs o on 10 hits in the inning. he caps off the scoring with this titanic blast off ryan presley. a one hopper over the fence and right out of target field. 13-1a's. to the fifth and three more on the board. i am only going to do this once because people are begging. what did the fox say? that was last week's show. never mind. our final show of 18-3 with the win and a texas loss in pittsburgh. oakland takes a three-game lead in the al west with 17 to play. all right, that bombed. matinee at at&t. petite was one out away from a perfect game on friday. this is what happens when you listen to a producer who is asking for stuff. anyway, three-1 rocks in the 6th. the joints

. >> i'm craig melvin. lester is enjoying the morning off. many of you noticed, no dylan dreyer. >> no dylan dreyer. >> there she is. taking a boat ride. she's touring manhattan. wow! >> nice, very nice. >> she's going to show us some of the great sights of this city throughout the course of the morning. we are going to check in with her in a moment. >> also ahead, people in texas and across the country, urged to get the whooping cough vaccine after an outbreak doctors are saying are meeting health concer concerns. >>> questions tied to the safety of the metal helicopters that kids play with after a 19-year-old man was killed trying to do tricks with one of those things. >> we want to begin with the latest on the president's attempt to get congress to approve a strike in syria. peter alexander has more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. president obama didn't waste time jump sboog the debate over whether the u.s. should have military action in syria even as he was flying back from russia last night. the president called

i'm craig melvin. good saturday to you.s on this saturday morning. investigators in ohio are trying to figure out precisely what caused a greyhound bus to crash, injuring dozens. it happened early this morning. according to local officials, the bus went off the side of the road, hit a tree and a chain-link fence before flipping over and landing in a cornfield. 37 people including the bus driver were taken to local hospitals. we are told that they are going to be okay. the injuries are nonlife-threatening. >>> south of the border, violent clashes between riot police and schoolteachers in mexico city. police used tear gas to forcibly evict thousands of people who have been protesting for more than a month now. they're opposing, among other things, new education reforms that would require teachers to be evaluated on a regular basis. >>> and united airlines says it is going to honor all of those free tickets that it accidentally sold this week. as for what caused the giant discount? united says it was human error, not a technic

because we don't know that, and because this was apparently originally covered with stucco before melvin took it off in 1958. i am inclined to support the use of stucco so that after very nearly a quarter of the century, this eye sore can be solved. >> thank you, commissioner pearlman? >> i felt like with the first speaker, the first comment and i am wondering if you could come up here for a second. i felt like we were in a murder mystery because we revealed that we knew the location and would not reveal what that was and said you know if the project sponsor was interested and they could contact me and here is my card. well the project sponsor is sitting right there and perhaps, we could you could reveal to us how you know this information, and that it is verifiable and that if the brick does actually exist, and i think that i agree with stewart morgan and mike if the brick actually does exist, we should and in response to commissioner johns. we should gave it some time and say let's find the brick and verify that it is the brick and then test the brick and say that this has to be done b

. >> and part of the story that goes on with building was that it was melvin's dying wish to create a sort of college for new young lawyers, the first two floors were to be office space and the upper floors were residents for new lawyers to kind of learn from the more established lawyers on how to do it and have the collegiate atmosphere. nancy promised that to her husband, part of the condition of building and reconstructing this building was to keep the historic landmark and keep it intact. so they was required and she took out loans to do this, but take the bricks down and she had each brick numbered and she had each brick stored along with the iron gates from new orleans, and that was so costly that it ultimately caused her financial demise. and she went bankrupt. this storage of the bricks, the storage company, auctioned off those bricks and low and behold, we know who bought those bricks. in fact, i appeared in the bankruptcy court and by the way i only heard of this hearing earlier this week as i was visiting verona which is also on this street. >> we know where the bricks are

. >> pelley: there's magic in melvin pickens' bristles, sweeping up the heart of little rock. >> you just can hardly turn him down.